Paul Feyerabend in Retrospect

Joseph Agassi*

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Abstract

In this paper, Agassi reflects on his own interaction with Feyerabend, as it evolved over the years, and especially on Feyerabend’s intellectual legacy as a philosopher of science and a teacher. Whereas he appreciates Feyerabend’s early work and endorses some of his criticism of Popper, he regards Feyerabend’s later change of view, and his turn from rationalism to relativism, as unserious. Also, he ascribes the enduring success Feyerabend’s works still enjoy among his peers, more to his provocative style than to their actual content.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBoston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages269-278
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024

Publication series

NameBoston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
Volume346
ISSN (Print)0068-0346
ISSN (Electronic)2214-7942

Keywords

  • Imre Lakatos
  • Karl Popper
  • Paul Feyerabend
  • Rationality
  • Relativism

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